Asheville man charged in break-ins

Roy Austin Banks, 23, of Vinewood Circle, was charged Monday with two counts of breaking and entering and larceny, larceny of a firearm, and two counts of obtaining property by false pretense, according to warrants at the Buncombe County magistrate's office.

Banks is accused of breaking into two homes on Vinewood Circle and stealing a .22 rifle, comic books, tools and other items valued at $1,657, then trying to pawn the items for cash, according to warrants.

Buncombe sheriff's officers made the arrest.

Banks is being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $10,000 secured bond.